The next morning, Ashley was up so she could have the chance of appreciating Alex. She was lucky to find him standing beside the pool with a cup of coffee in his hand. He was staring at the valley ahead of him and didn't bother to look at her even after she got to his side. "Good morning." She mumbled. Alex stared at his cup and shook its contents a little bit before taking a sip. Ashley didn't mind his behavior. She was getting used to it. "Thank you for yesterday." She smiled while pulling her fingers behind her. "I know that I was a bit immature by following you around. I was just curious yesterday and wanted to make sure that you are okay so..." "Stop with the lecture." Alex interrupted her. "Huh?" Ashley was taken aback by his response. He did not spare her a glance and just turned his face the other way. The best way to do this was to ignore her. "Excuse me? What do you mean by this?" She asked him for more clarification. Alex then drank the
It was finally the last night that they were going to be spending in the city as the time of the vacation. The students were excited as well as sad because they were going to miss all of these. The journey was educative for some, boring to Alex, and filled with different adventures and rides of emotions for people like Ashley. "Alright, students, as I have always said, time is short so make use of the moment that you have now for something reproductive," Zach said to the students. "Tonight, on behalf of the teachers here, we are going to hold a party for you guys." He announced. Everyone screamed with excitement at the news. "However, there is a rule, you guys are not allowed to touch any of the alcoholic drinks here. You are going for fruit juice." The excitement went dead immediately as the students looked at Zach with killer eyes. "But Mr. Zach, we are all adults here." A guy answered and tried negotiating with him on it. "I do not really know all of you here so you can claim
The journey back to H City was somehow not what the students expected. The teachers were able to find out how the drinks got I'muggled in and saw that Daniel alongside his friends brought the deal in. It was so annoying and made the teachers angry so they gave them a piece of their mind. No one was laughing or talking. It was a weird atmosphere. Hera was a bit angry as well because anything could have happened under the influence of alcoholic drinks. She felt a bit irresponsible for not focusing on the students because she believed that they would be able to take care of themselves only for her to get disappointed at the slightest moment. Not to talk about students that were planning their eighteenth birthday for something like that - Ashley was a perfect example. She could not help thinking about what she did last night as she believed that she wasn't in the right state of mind. She remembered kissing Alex on the cheeks but this morning, when she woke up, she found hersel
"Detective Brown, I think it's high time you dropped that case. It's not really in need anymore." A cop patted Brown's shoulder as they left the crime scene. He didn't wait for Brown's response before leaving. Brown sighed and licked his dry lips. He looked around the crime scene in front of him. Things were really getting out of hand and was he supposed to turn a blind eye to it? How was that possible? He wasn't brought up that way especially to see the less powerful suffer in silence. Then Brown sighted another man and it seemed as if the solution to his problem had been found. He quickly approved him. "Sire, good day." "Good day, Detective. How was the weekend?" The man asked him. "Well, I spent the weekend working on the case only for your fellow cop who told me to stop working on it. I found it hard to believe because we all know the real truth of how..." The cop stopped walking and placed his hand on Brown's shoulder. "Listen, Detective. The order
Ashley opened her laptop feeling relieved after the day's work. She was so tired from teaching Alex and also learning on her own. Her Family was downstairs watching the news while she just excused herself to her room. Alex left her house not too long and she felt so fulfilled for helping him out because he seemed to be a little bit lost. He actually answered a few questions correctly and ask many as well which she answered correctly. Ashley made sure not to annoy him or overstep the mark however it has been one hour since he left, and hopefully he might have gotten home. "Ouch. That's enough thinking. There are more episodes to catch on Netflix." She whispered to herself and grabbed her laptop but then her phone which was by her side started ringing and she had no choice but to neglect the laptop for it. The phone call was from a strange number. She was at first hesitant to answer it because, her father being a detective, had warned her to be careful as picking up stra
"I can't believe that she turned our friendly meeting into a dating site," Sammie said while gritting her teeth. Josh chuckled nervously and collected the knife that she was using to peel her oranges because she wasn't using it anymore and he was scared that the result of that wouldn't be that good. Ahead of them, outside the house, beside the swimming pool, the two friends were watching Alex and Ashley talking. Ashley didn't want to make him feel uncomfortable among them because the latter wasn't used to many fun activities yet. "I mean, if she actually brought him to come and mingle with us...this isn't how to mingle." Sammie sucked the life out of the poor orange furiously. Josh gulped and slowly turned her around. "Let's have something else to discuss, okay? She is finally having a moment with a guy. Don't let us disturb or ruin her precious moments." He suggested. "I really wasn't expecting you to show up but you did anyways." Ashley smiled as she played with
"Maybe you should come home with some friends. That will be helpful." Jonathan said as he sipped his tea. Alex looked at his shirtless body and simply walked past him. "I am not interested." He answered. "Do you know that if she finally gets to know that you also mean the opposite of what you said, you're a goner?" Jonathan teased him. Alex huffed and threw his backpack across his shoulder before walking out of the house. His brother wouldn't waste any time teasing him around the house. While he didn't like it, Alex wasn't complaining about it. This was the only thing that kept him sane these days. As he was walking to the bus stop, three black cars rode past him in a hurry. He paused in his steps and turned to look at them. Until the cars left his sight, he didn't take a step. "You are not planning to stand there all the days of your life, right?" An aged woman asked, interrupting Alex's thoughts. He then continued walking. ~~~~~~~ Brown crossed over
"Just leave, I am going to pay you when I have it," Jonathan yelled at the landlord after pushing him out. Alex was coming back from school, his hands were inside his hoodie's pockets and he stopped to watch what was going on with a frown. "The two of you should pay me before the weekends or else, you will be out on the street, begging for a place to stay. Humph!" He stomped his foot against the ground and glared at the siblings before walking away. Jonathan sighed and ran his hand through his hair. This was why he didn't want to rent an apartment with old people. They were always traditional and hard to beat because of RESPECT. He turned around only to get a sight of his brother. His lips parted slightly, unable to say anything as Alex was looking at him dead in the eye with an unexplainable facial reaction so he relented. ~~~~~ "How many months do we owe him?" Alex asked as he took off his shirt. His muscular built body was revealed along with a series of ta